Open house tour of Harris-Cameron mansion to be held by Historic Society of Dauphin County

This Sunday, the Historic Harrisburg Association’s annual Candlelight House Tour of historic buildings throughout the city coincides with the “Second Sunday” open house tour of the John Harris-Simon Cameron Mansion.

The beautiful building was home to the city’s founder, John Harris Jr., and to his sons from 1766 to 1835. In 1863, the house was purchased by Simon Cameron, a United States Senator who would later become Abraham Lincoln’s first Secretary of War. While in Cameron’s possession, the home was renovated and adapted from a Georgian house to a Victorian mansion in the Italianate style.

The open house will feature a tour of the building, decorated for the holiday season, as well as music performed on the mansion’s Steinway piano. Admission to the tour is free for those who have paid to partake of the Candlelight House Tour.

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